Category: Local News

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today challenged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to reveal the 106 pages of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the bond scam, which were hidden by the previous regime, before reprimanding Central Bank officials for failing to carry out the government’s policy.

A three-member committee was appointed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Professor W. D. Lakshman, to probe irregularities at financial institutions and leasing companies.

The politburo of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) has appointed Jeevan Thondaman, the son of late Arumugam Thondaman as the General Secretary of the party.

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Major General (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne revealed yesterday that not even one of the 79 CCTV cameras fixed at the Angunakolapelassa Prison that has been equipped with modern and sophisticated facilities, was functioning last week.

Sajith Premadasa has requested Local Government representatives of the United National Party to join hands with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, claiming that he will lead the UNP headquarters Sirikotha after the 5th of August.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, yesterday, faulted the top echelons of the Central Bank (CB) over their failure to come up with strategies to overcome the unprecedented economic crisis facing the country.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 16 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Day Care Centers will be reopened from July 01, the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs has announced.

Attorney General informed the Special High Court today that Interpol has informed him that former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran has changed his name.

The body of a person suspected to have been murdered has been found this morning in a canal near the Angulana Bridge.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday told a group of Bank of Ceylon officials that he had not instructed them to assist any of his relatives, associates or those who had supported him. State banks should take the lead in assisting everyone from farmers to investors, he said.

The Colombo District Court yesterday rejected the application filed by former minister Sujeewa Senasinghe and two others seeking permission to intervene in the case filed by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 15 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Vinavi Mapitigama (41), the daughter of veteran film Director Chandrarathna Mapitigama, was killed and two others were injured when two cars collided head-on at Wellawatta on the Old Havelock Road yesterday.

Minister of Transport Services Management Mahinda Amaraweera says the government will not permit private bus operators to increase bus fares in any manner at present.

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera who is quitting politics must be doing so under the instructions of Western powers that have backed him up for a long time, Higher Education, Technology, Innovation and Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said.